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Man Utd boss Solskjaer: Lukaku made most of No9 chance

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was delighted with two-goal Romelu Lukaku for victory at Crystal Palace.

United were worthy 3-1 winners at Selhurst Park.

Solskjaer said of Lukaku: "They were very good finishes from Romelu. The first one was with his right foot. The second one, he's had a lot to do there and a great finish, so I'm very pleased for Romelu.

"He's played wide-right, wide-left. He's worked a lot defensively for us and, this time, he got the no.9 shirt and got some good goals."

On Ashley Young's goal, the manager added: "I think he was happy getting that goal. Of course, he's been doing great as a full-back, but I thought we could shut up shop with Eric [Bailly] at the back and then Ash and Rashy [Marcus Rashford] either side would be counter-attacking threats, so it worked out well."

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